Seals and Status: Power of Objects
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Creator (person)
Cherry, John
Berenbeim, Jessica
de Beer, Lloyd
Date published
2018
Abstract
For 7,000 years, seals have functioned as signs of authority. This publication deals specifically with aspects of status in the history of seals, exploring this theme across a diverse range of cultural contexts – from the 9th century through the Early Modern period and across the world, looking at Byzantine, European, Islamic and Chinese examples. These objects are united by the significant roles they played in social status hierarchies, in the status of institutions, as indications of power and finally in notions of relative status among objects themselves. In addition to their chronological and geographical diversity, these studies concentrate on many different phases of seal use. Therefore, together they highlight the importance of studying the full life cycle of seals, from the ways in which they were made and used through to their afterlives and sometimes destruction.
Contributor (person)
Vilain, Ambre
Thornton, Dora
Libert, Marc
Cwiertnia, Elke
Dryburgh, Paul
Bedos-Rezak, Brigitte M.
Baudin, Arnaud
Spà¤th, Marcus
Keynes, Simon
Vincent, Nicholas
Ailes, Adrian
Henig, Martin
D’Ottone Rambach, Arianna
Shea, Jonathan
Wang, Mei Xin
Teh Gallop, Annabel
Editor
Cherry, John
Berenbeim, Jessica
de Beer, Lloyd
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Dr John Rassweiler | |
Publisher
The British Museum
Place of publication
London
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